Roman Catholic Diocese of Vitebsk
Roman Catholic diocese in Belarus
Diocese of Vitebsk Dioecesis Vitebscensis Віцебскай дыяцэзіі | |
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Location | |
Country | Belarus |
Ecclesiastical province | Minsk-Mohilev |
Metropolitan | Minsk-Mohilev |
Statistics | |
Area | 40,000 km2 (15,000 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2014) 1,431,800 172,000 (12%) |
Information | |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Merciful Jesus, Vitebsk |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Aleh Butkevich |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz |
Bishops emeritus | Wladyslaw Blin |
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The Diocese of Vitebsk (Latin: Vitebscen(sis), Belarusian: Віцебская) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Vitebsk in the ecclesiastical province of Minsk-Mohilev in Belarus.
History
- 13 October 1999: Established as Diocese of Vitebsk from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Minsk – Mohilev
Leadership
- Bishops of Vitebsk (Roman rite)
- Wladyslaw Blin (Уладзіслаў БЛІН) (since 13 Oct 1999)
- Aleh Butkevich (Алег Буткевіч) (since 29 Nov 2013)
Churches
- Church of the Divine Providence in Słobódka[1]
- Church of the Corpus Christi in Ikaźń [pl][2]
See also
References
Sources
- Official website
- GCatholic.org
- Catholic Hierarchy
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- Archdiocese of Minsk–Mohilev
- Diocese of Grodno
- Diocese of Pinsk
- Diocese of Vitebsk
![Coat of arms of Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Coat_of_arms_of_Tadeusz_Kondrusiewicz.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_Tadeusz_Kondrusiewicz.svg.png)
- Cathedrals:
- Cathedral of the Holy Name of Saint Virgin Mary
- Co-Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin and St. Stanislaus, Mogilev
- St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Grodno
- Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pinsk
- Cathedral of the Merciful Jesus, Vitebsk
- Old Cathedral of St. Barbara and St. Paul, Vitebsk
- Churches:
- Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Budslau
- St. Mary's Church, Grodno
- Church of Saint John the Baptist, Kamai
- Church of Holy Trinity, Minsk
- Church of Saints Simon and Helena, Minsk
- St. Nicholas' Church, Mir
- Transfiguration Church, Navahrudak
- Corpus Christi Church, Nesvizh
- Church of the Assumption, Pruzhany
- Church of the Holy Trinity, Hyervyaty
- Church of Mother of God of the Rosary, Soly
Catholicism portal
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